''Let's Be Us Again'' is the fifth studio album by American

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group

Lonestar Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (key ...

. It was released in 2004 on

BNA Records BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, was a label group that shared ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, ...

, and has been certified gold by the

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in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the ''

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charts: the title track (number 4), "Mr. Mom" (number 1), and "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" (number 16). Additionally, "Somebody's Someone" charted at number 53 from unsolicited airplay. The song "Let Them Be Little" was also recorded in late 2004 by its co-writer

Billy Dean William Harold Dean Jr. (born April 2, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition '' Star Search''. Active as a recording artist since 1990, ...

on his 2004 album '' Let Them Be Little'', from which it was released as a single. Dean's rendition of the song reached number 8 on the country charts in early 2005.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio guitarist, and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004 ...

except "Somebody's Someone" produced by Lonestar.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Lonestar

* Richie McDonald – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar * Dean Sams – acoustic piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar,

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, backing vocals * Michael Britt – electric lead guitar, acoustic lead guitar, backing vocals * Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

* Tim Akers – keyboards * Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, acoustic piano, strings *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Rollings won the 'Best Traditional Pop ...

– acoustic piano *

– electric guitars * B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar * John Willis – acoustic guitar * Paul Franklin –

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Mike Brignardello Giant is an American melodic rock band that was formed in 1987. The band originally consisted of founding members Dann Huff (lead vocals and guitar) and Alan Pasqua (keyboard), and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello o ...

– bass guitar * Keith Horne – bass guitar (13) *

Paul Leim Paul William Leim (born December 29, 1950) is an American drummer and recording session musician based in Nashville. Biography Leim was born in Port Huron, Michigan and raised in Troup, Texas. He was inspired to take up drumming as a child a ...

– drums *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion * Rob Hajacos –

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Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a session musician in Nashville as well as a record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biograph ...

– fiddle,

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* Dan Hochhalter – fiddle (13) * Russell Terrell – backing vocals *

Randy Owen Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country musician. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw commercial success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Alabama became the most su ...

– lead vocals (12)

Technical

* Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) Tracks 1-12 * Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator * Jeff Balding – recording, mixing * Brady Barnett – recording * Jed Hackett – recording, recording assistant * Mark Hagen – recording * Justin Niebank – recording * David Bryant – recording assistant, mix assistant * Jesse Amend – recording assistant * Scott Kidd – mix assistant * Christopher Rowe – digital editing * Recorded at Emerald Entertainment and Jane's Place (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mixed at Emerald Entertainment Track 13 * Pat McMakin – recording, mixing * Paul Hart – recording assistant * Lowell Reynolds – mix assistant * Recorded at Sony/Tree Studios (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mixed at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).

Design

* Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design * Russ Harrington – photography * Melissa Schleicher – grooming * Trish Townsend – stylist

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Albums produced by Dann Huff BNA Records albums Lonestar albums